Pixel Motion Blur

- This hidden gem is about the relatively…new Pixel Motion Blur effect.…It adds motion blur to footage…that did not have it originally.…I'm going to show you two cases…where it can help you, natural footage and 3D renders,…and an example of where it's not going to help you.…Let's start with the natural footage.…This shot is of a hummingbird visiting…a feeder is very bright sunlight.…Someone left the camera on auto…and as a result it has a very short shutter duration.…

The rule of thumb is you like to have…a shutter duration that is roughly…one half of your frame rate or frame duration.…That will give you the classic Filmic look.…But since we can actually see the hummingbird's…wings flap here, the shutter's way too fast.…Obviously it would be hard to reshoot this…because it was just luck to catch this guy.…Here's how we would use Pixel Motion Blur to fix it.…I'll drag Pixel Motion Blur in the…Time category on top of the footage.…You'll see immediately that the wings…did get some additional blur.…

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6/7/2016

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4/15/2015

Adobe After Effects has been developed continuously for over 20 years now, meaning there are a lot of potentially useful tricks, shortcuts, and features hiding in there that you might not be aware of. Chris and Trish Meyer have used After Effects since version 1.0, making them the perfect duo to unearth these gems, polish them off, and share them with you. But this isn't some trivia contest; these are features you can put to work to save you time and learn more about what this deep motion graphics and visual effects program can do. Features that have been lurking for years will be intermixed with new ones introduced in the latest releases.